"From Llangollen to Castell Dinas Brân on NW Office hike, with 8 others. Onwards by the ODP to Rock Farm, then south back by the Clwydian Way, with a stop at the Abbey Tea Room en route. Then canal path back into Llangollen. Sunshine all day; no rain till evening; strong gusting SW wind." — marktrengove2 • Mar 24, 2023

"Tuesday 6th March 2018. An ascent of Dinas Brân ('Crow City') 321.4m/96.2m, near Llangollen, Denbighshire, North-East Wales, followed by a visit to Valle Crucis Abbey. 11.4km, with 380m of ascent. 3hrs 15mins. Pretty much stuck at home after the heavy snow-fall, I waited for the big melt to start. By Tuesday the roads were clearer, so I resolved to head south to Llangollen to a hill I could access without the need to drive on country lanes where the snow-drifts were more likely to be lingering. To test the road conditions, I drove over the Horseshoe Pass via Llandegla. I found no problems, although high banks of snow were still piled up on the sides of the road in places. I parked in the long-stay car park (£3.50 all day) in Llangollen near the river, and made my way over the raging torrents of the Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee), swollen with snow-melt, by the old stone bridge. Taking the marked trail steeply up a lane to the wharf on the Llangollen Canal, I continued on a footpath by the secondary school into more open country. In places the path was still deep in snow, and I regretted not wearing my gaiters. The trail continued up through fields to a gate, topped with a metal rep..." — marktrengove2 • Mar 6, 2018

"Trained by running up and down in the snow on a week long trip to the UK. Snowdonia was spectacular. Ran up to the castle in which the Holy Grail was once thought to reside." — runshigleyrun • Apr 3, 2013